Rhett C. Smith

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Rhett C. Smith is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rhett C. Smith has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 42 papers in Organic Chemistry and 35 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rhett C. Smith's work include Synthesis and properties of polymers (54 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (26 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (24 papers). Rhett C. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and properties of polymers (54 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (26 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (24 papers). Rhett C. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Qatar. Rhett C. Smith's co-authors include Timmy Thiounn, John D. Protasiewicz, Andrew G. Tennyson, Moira K. Lauer, Menisha S. Karunarathna, Shashin Shah, Stephen J. Lippard, Xufang Chen, Colin D. McMillen and M. Cather Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Rhett C. Smith

129 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Advances and approaches for chemical recycling of plastic waste

2020 593 citations Timmy Thiounn, Rhett C. Smith Journal of Polymer Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rhett C. Smith United States	35	1.5k	1.4k	848	831	716	134	3.9k
Swaminathan Sivaram India	31	899 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	786 0.9×	756 0.9×	986 1.4×	171	4.3k
Chenze Qi China	39	416 0.3×	2.5k 1.8×	2.0k 2.3×	538 0.6×	513 0.7×	262	5.5k
Ying Wu China	44	911 0.6×	952 0.7×	2.8k 3.3×	2.2k 2.6×	662 0.9×	185	5.8k
Hou Chen China	39	1.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.8×	421 0.5×	854 1.2×	236	5.7k
Prakash P. Wadgaonkar India	33	1.7k 1.1×	2.3k 1.7×	873 1.0×	318 0.4×	577 0.8×	222	4.4k
Dietrich Braun Germany	29	1.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.5×	790 0.9×	137 0.2×	620 0.9×	335	4.1k
Henri Cramail France	48	3.4k 2.3×	3.2k 2.3×	967 1.1×	491 0.6×	3.0k 4.2×	217	7.9k
Amir Abdolmaleki Iran	28	725 0.5×	523 0.4×	872 1.0×	187 0.2×	448 0.6×	154	2.8k
Abdelkrim El Kadib Morocco	34	575 0.4×	959 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	452 0.5×	794 1.1×	132	3.3k
Guobo Huang China	40	2.9k 2.0×	376 0.3×	2.4k 2.8×	204 0.2×	799 1.1×	97	5.5k

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Tennyson, Andrew G., et al.. (2025). Polybutadiene Modification of Brown Grease‐Sulfur Materials. Journal of Polymer Science. 63(22). 4740–4747.

Graham, M. J., et al.. (2025). High Strength Composites from Wastewater Sludge, Plant Oils, and Fossil Fuel By-Product Elemental Sulfur. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. 33(4). 1972–1983. 3 indexed citations

Smith, Rhett C., et al.. (2024). Thiocracking of Multi-Materials: High-Strength Composites from Post-Consumer Food Packaging Jars. Sustainability. 16(16). 7023–7023. 5 indexed citations

Smith, Rhett C., et al.. (2024). Green and Atom Economical Route to High Compressive Strength Lignin Oil-Sulfur Composites. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. 32(10). 4842–4854. 5 indexed citations

Tennyson, Andrew G., et al.. (2023). Single‐stage chemical recycling of plastic waste to yield durable composites via a tandem transesterification‐thiocracking process. Journal of Polymer Science. 61(9). 787–793. 11 indexed citations

Tennyson, Andrew G., et al.. (2023). Upcycling waste PMMA to durable composites via a transesterification‐inverse vulcanization process. Journal of Polymer Science. 62(3). 554–563. 17 indexed citations

Graham, M. J., et al.. (2023). Influence of pozzolans on plant oil‐sulfur polymer cements: More sustainable and chemically‐resistant alternatives to Portland cement. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 140(13). 10 indexed citations

Smith, Rhett C., et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Animal Fats and Vegetable Oils as Comonomers in Polymer Composite Synthesis: Effects of Plant/Animal Sources and Comonomer Composition on Composite Properties. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 224(22). 8 indexed citations

Tennyson, Andrew G., et al.. (2023). Chemical, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of Sulfur Polymer Composites Comprising Low-Value Fats and Pozzolan Additives. Chemistry. 5(4). 2166–2181. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Rhett C., et al.. (2023). Chemical recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate)viasequential glycolysis, oleoyl chloride esterification and vulcanization to yield durable composites. Materials Advances. 4(13). 2785–2793. 12 indexed citations

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Tennyson, Andrew G., et al.. (2023). Transesterification‐vulcanization route to durable composites from post‐consumer poly(ethylene terephthalate), terpenoids, and industrial waste sulfur. Journal of Polymer Science. 61(23). 3075–3086. 12 indexed citations

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Smith, Rhett C., et al.. (2021). Influence of Component Ratio on Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Terpenoid-Sulfur Composites. Journal of Composites Science. 5(10). 257–257. 18 indexed citations

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Muthumeenal, A., Alessandro Sinopoli, Farida H. Aidoudi, et al.. (2021). Investigating the suitability of poly tetraarylphosphonium based anion exchange membranes for electrochemical applications. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13841–13841. 15 indexed citations

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Thiounn, Timmy & Rhett C. Smith. (2020). Advances and approaches for chemical recycling of plastic waste. Journal of Polymer Science. 58(10). 1347–1364. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grubel, Katarzyna, et al.. (2011). Photochemically-induced dioxygenase-type CO-release reactivity of group 12 metal flavonolate complexes. Chemical Communications. 47(37). 10431–10431. 32 indexed citations

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Smith, Rhett C., et al.. (2010). Poly(p‐phenylenevinylene) Derivatives with Defined Conjugation Segments and Post‐Polymerization Modification with Sterically Enshrouded Chromophores. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 31(8). 752–757. 3 indexed citations

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Gilliard, Robert J., et al.. (2009). Canopied trans-chelating bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) ligand: synthesis, structure and catalysis. Dalton Transactions. 2020–2020. 53 indexed citations

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Gilliard, Robert J., et al.. (2009). Poly(p‐phenylene ethynylene) Incorporating Sterically Enshrouding m‐Terphenyl Oxacyclophane Canopies. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 30(16). 1399–1405. 17 indexed citations

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Smith, Rhett C., et al.. (2007). “Turn-on” fluorescent sensor for the selective detection of zinc ion by a sterically-encumbered bipyridyl-based receptor. Chemical Communications. 4641–4641. 62 indexed citations

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Chen, Xufang, Rhett C. Smith, & John D. Protasiewicz. (2004). Cycloaddition of phosphanylidene-σ⁴-phosphoranes ArPPMe₃and quinones to yield 1,3,2-dioxophospholanes. Chemical Communications. 146–147. 12 indexed citations

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